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NASA JPL SBDB · 2014 RF17

2014 RF17

2014 RF17 belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, whose orbits cross the path of Earth; with a semi-major axis of 1.434 AU it takes 1.72 yr to circle the Sun.

Apollo Observations: 13
Orbital Period · P
1.72 yr
v(q)
35.1 km/s
v(Q)
17.6 km/s
Diameter · ≈
0.08 km
TJ
4.62
Eccentricity · e
0.3324

Orbit and dynamics

The path is an ellipse reaching 0.957 AU from the Sun at perihelion and 1.911 AU at aphelion, a radial span of 0.954 AU.

Applying Kepler's third law to a = 1.434 AU gives an orbital period of 1.72 yr, or about 627 days.

An eccentricity of 0.332 makes the orbit moderately elongated.

Its inclination of 2.13° keeps it close to the plane of the ecliptic.

By the vis-viva equation its orbital speed rises to 35.1 km/s at perihelion and falls to 17.6 km/s at aphelion.

Because q < 1 AU and Q > 1 AU, this orbit geometrically intersects the region of Earth's orbit.

Size and surface

No direct size measurement is available; from an absolute magnitude of H = 23.11 and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.14, the diameter works out to roughly 0.08 km.

Observation record and orbit quality

The current orbit solution is based on 13 observations and has a weighted RMS residual of 0.4394 arcseconds.

Condition code U = 9 signals a poorly constrained orbit, so its future path should be treated as provisional.

About these computed values

Orbital periods, perihelion and aphelion speeds, and diameter estimates on this page are computed by SpaceAtlas from the JPL SBDB orbital elements. They are derived quantities, not values copied from the source catalogue.

Orbital Parameters

Semi-Major Axis
1.434 AU
Eccentricity
0.3324
Perihelion
0.957 AU
Aphelion
1.910662 AU
Inclination
2.13°
Orbital Period
— yr
Epoch
2456901.5
Mean Anomaly
336.83°

Orbit diagram

The Sun sits at the focus (orange). Earth's orbit is the grey circle at 1 AU. The red dot marks the object's position at the catalog epoch.

3D orbit (interactive)

Drag to rotate; scroll or pinch to zoom. The Sun is at the focus (orange), Earth's orbit is the grey ring at 1 AU, and the red dot marks the object's current position.

Close approaches

No close approaches to Earth are currently on record for this object.

Physical Parameters

Diameter
— km
Albedo
—
Density
— g/cm³
Rotation Period
— h
Absolute Magnitude
23.11

Orbit Quality

RMS
0.43938
Condition
9
Orbit ID
—
Data source: NASA JPL Small-Body Database . Orbital periods, perihelion and aphelion speeds, and diameter estimates on this page are computed by SpaceAtlas from the JPL SBDB orbital elements. They are derived quantities, not values copied from the source catalogue.

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